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Originally Posted by Devy_Motova
Hello all, I am a major chicken when it comes to science. In fact I think everything is going to kill us all. Honestly I think I crave being scared of science.
I am no scientist, but I've been thinking about the micro black hole situation and "threat". I don't think it is possible. After reading several articles from both sides of the argument I have to say either micro black holes do not exist or Hawking radiation is a sure bet.
My reasons for this are because of the particle collisons that take place in our upper atmosphere. If they are not powerful enough to create micro black holes than the LHC will not be. If they do create them they obviously float off or obliterate themselves instantly. The big thing about the LHC seems to be that the micro black hole would be under the surface of the earth already and it would be caught and soon work its way down to the core thus ending us all. Now I've been thinking that if this theory is possible, why are we even here? How does the Solar System exist as we know or anything else for that matter. Wouldn't the particle collisons that take place near the surface of the sun or other stars generate these same micro black holes, and if so wouldn't it be certain that those micro black holes would be trapped by the massive gravity of said star? If this were the case I don't see how any thing can exist other than black holes.
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Devy_Motova,
One or two rather small details when it comes to micro black holes:-
1. They are very small.
2. They are very heavy for their size.
Roughly speaking they don't handle corners very well. They are so small that moving around even pushing through rocks is no big deal for them.
When separating two liquids or gases and one is much more dense than the other the one with the greatest density will take the outer orbit. Because the micro black hole is so small and would move so easily without having to eat much of anything it could float pretty much treating the earth as a thin gas.
If in time enough weight accumulates the the micro black hole will find a point without too many curves that acts like the centre of gravity. In time then a micro black hole should just drift through the earth to be captured by the gravity of the sun. That is good news for us even if they get produced at an estimated rate of one every second.
If all CERN can do is make little black holes then it
may be bad news for the sun but that is about it. It is some of the other stuff that is worrying.
You are either in for a normal life determined by events and planning which is a good a reason as any to enjoy each day or you are not which is an even better reason to enjoy each day.